June 14 (Reuters) - Amazon ( AMZN ) will invest 20

billion Australian dollars ($12.97 billion) from 2025 to 2029 to

expand, operate and maintain its data center infrastructure in

Australia, aiming to bolster the nation's artificial

intelligence capabilities, the company said in a blog post on

Saturday.

The investment is Amazon's ( AMZN ) largest global technology

commitment in Australia, with funding directed toward new server

capacity and support for generative AI workloads.

The company also said that it is investing in three new

solar farms in Victoria and Queensland, and will commit to

purchase a combined capacity of more than 170-megawatts across

the three solar farms.

The move comes amid a global push by major tech

companies to build out infrastructure to support rapidly growing

demand for generative AI and cloud computing.

Companies like Amazon ( AMZN ), Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Google

have been ramping up data center investments to secure

market share and meet AI workload requirements.

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